Jackson quarterback Matthew Jordan talks to head coach Danny Powell during a 7-on-7 game against Davidson on Thursday at South Alabama. (Ben Thomas | bthomas@al.com)

MOBILE, Alabama - Decision time is drawing near for Jackson quarterback Matthew Jordan.

The Aggies' rising senior said before Joey Jones' Football Camp at South Alabama on Thursday afternoon that he planned to make a college decision in the next couple of weeks.

"My goal is to get it out of the way so I can focus all my energy on our high school team the rest of this summer and fall," he said.

The 6-foot-2, 200-pounder has 17 offers already. He didn't want to specify a top five Thursday but said some of the teams he has offers from and is interested in are South Alabama, Georgia Tech, Nebraska, Louisiana-Lafayette, Middle Tennessee State and Memphis.

Jordan has camped at Alabama, Auburn and Mississippi State already this summer and last week visited Nebraska.

"It was nice," he said of the Cornhuskers' campus in Lincoln. "It took me three planes to get there. It seems like it was about an 18-hour trip but overall it was a nice town, a nice football town. It seems like it could be somewhere to call home."

Jordan said he didn't anticipate distance being a factor in his decision.

Last year, after transferring from Jackson Academy, he completed 83 of 143 passes for 1,324 yards and 15 touchdowns for the Aggies, while also running for more than 700 yards and 11 touchdowns.

"He's a lot like (former McGill-Toolen QB and Auburn signee) Jason Smith," said David Morris, Jordan's quarterback coach, this spring. "Matt's versatility and athleticism make him different. Schools are starting to value the athletic quarterback more now.

"Like Jason, Matt can make all the throws. He's a Johnny Manziel-type QB, and college coaches have made that comparison."